The Vision Stands Alone In The Fall’s ‘Avengers’ Arc
by Tom Smithyman
Jed MacKay and C.F. Villa are taking the Vision to court in their newest Avengers’ story arc.
In Avengers #7, out November 1, 2023, the team is having trouble recognizing the world they have defended for years. In the next issue, due out December 6, 2023, the team finds the synthezoid Vision pitched in an impossible battle against Myrddin and his Twilight Court.
It’s all part of Kang the Conqueror’s quest for the “Missing Moment,” which has pitted the Avengers against an interdimensional group of villains called the Ashen Combine. These deadly nihilists and their Impossibly City headquarters are the first of the Tribulation Events, a series of large-scale disasters the Avengers will have to overcome to prove themselves worthy of a responsibility beyond measure.
In the battle’s aftermath, the team will assume command of a new base of operations, though Kang’s full agenda has yet to be revealed.
“The Avengers don’t always have the luxury of assembling, and when you protect the entire planet, you’re going to have to make tactical decisions as to how to apply your strength,” MacKay said. “Because the Avengers’ strength isn’t solely limited to them standing together. The other side of the coin is that they’re a collection of powerful, experienced heroes whose reach is planetary and can deploy simultaneously against concurrent threats. Is it a challenge? Of course, it is. But the Avengers exist to be challenged and to triumph over those challenges.”
MacKay currently writes the series, which Villa illustrates. Stuart Immonen draws the covers for issues #7-8.
